22 December 2009
Amman -- The actual implementation of Al Disi water-conveyance project will get underway by the end of next February after completion of most of the project's designs, said Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar.
Najjar, who spoke at a press conference today, added that his ministry had sent a letter to the director of GAMA, the Turkish firm which had won the contract, on the company's plans and modus operandi.
The minister noted that the one-billion-dollar project will provide the capital Amman with 100 million cubic meters of water annually.
He added that the government is currently working with private institutions to implement another mega water conveyance project, the Red Sea-Dead Sea Canal, which will be carried out in five phases; the first is slated to start in 2011.
Najjar said another letter was sent to the World Bank (WB) to expedite the work of the environmental impact and feasibility studies the WB is currently undertaking with a special Jordanian committee.
The Disi project is the largest privately financed water supply venture in Jordan and countries in the neighbourhood that includes the construction of a 325-kilometer pipeline to pump water from the Disi aquifer south of the Kingdom to the capital Amman.
Amman -- The actual implementation of Al Disi water-conveyance project will get underway by the end of next February after completion of most of the project's designs, said Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar.
Najjar, who spoke at a press conference today, added that his ministry had sent a letter to the director of GAMA, the Turkish firm which had won the contract, on the company's plans and modus operandi.
The minister noted that the one-billion-dollar project will provide the capital Amman with 100 million cubic meters of water annually.
He added that the government is currently working with private institutions to implement another mega water conveyance project, the Red Sea-Dead Sea Canal, which will be carried out in five phases; the first is slated to start in 2011.
Najjar said another letter was sent to the World Bank (WB) to expedite the work of the environmental impact and feasibility studies the WB is currently undertaking with a special Jordanian committee.
The Disi project is the largest privately financed water supply venture in Jordan and countries in the neighbourhood that includes the construction of a 325-kilometer pipeline to pump water from the Disi aquifer south of the Kingdom to the capital Amman.
© Jordan News Agency - Petra 2009
